- Mintage Limit ONLY - 6000
- Each coin is struck from 28.28g of pure silver
- Coin in capsule+with Certificate of Authenticity
The “Balloon” is the second collector coin from the “How Man Conquered the Skies” series.
Obverse:
The central part of the coin features images of flying objects: a technical drawing of an Antonov plane wing, to the right an engine with a star pattern of pistons, to the left a profile of an aerobatics plane, and above it a bird’s wing. To the left side of the coin, along its rim an inscription: Niue Island and the face value: 1 Dollar, issue date: 2010. In the top part of the coin a likeness of the queen with the inscription: Elizabeth II, the mark of the Mint of Poland (MW), and along the rim the title of the series: “How Man Conquered the Skies”.
Reverse:
The central part of the coin: a stylized image of the historical demonstration of the balloon. At the bottom, images of the Montgolfier brothers, with Joseph on the left and Étienne on the right. Between them an inscription: JOSEPH & ÉTIENNE MONTGOLFIER.